{"id":324663,"date":"2017-09-05T07:33:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T06:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/seoul-steps-up-military-response-to-north-koreas-nuclear-test\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T07:33:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T06:33:28","slug":"seoul-steps-up-military-response-to-north-koreas-nuclear-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/seoul-steps-up-military-response-to-north-koreas-nuclear-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul steps up military response to North Korea\u2019s nuclear test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/04\/asia\/north-korea-nuclear-test\/index.html\"><strong>CNN<\/strong><\/a><br \/>Sept 4, 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\"><strong>South Korea strengthened the deployment of a controversial US-made missile defense system and launched a huge show of military might on Monday in response to North Korea\u2019s hydrogen bomb test.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seoul said the North appeared to be preparing to launch more missiles after Sunday\u2019s test rocked the region. South Korea conducted a series of live-fire drills and said the US was preparing to bolster its military presence in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Russia warned that it would consider ramping up its military assets in response, and China warned that the deployment of the missile defense system, THAAD, risked escalating the already tense situation.<\/p>\n<p>The deepening crisis has caused frayed relations on both sides. North Korea\u2019s continued belligerence was a blow to China, which has failed to keep its ally in check despite persistent warnings. China said Monday it had made a \u201cstern representation\u201d to North Korea over the test.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/04\/asia\/north-korea-nuclear-test\/index.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Monday, September 4, 2017  at  8:22 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/seoul-steps-up-military-response-to-north-koreas-nuclear-test.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p>        <!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n --><\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/seoul-steps-up-military-response-to-north-koreas-nuclear-test.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNNSept 4, 2017 South Korea strengthened the deployment of a controversial US-made missile defense system and launched a huge show of military might on Monday in response to North Korea\u2019s hydrogen bomb test. Seoul said the North appeared to be preparing to launch more missiles after Sunday\u2019s test rocked the region. South Korea conducted a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-324663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}